{"product_id":"the-smiths-the-smiths-180g-vinyl-lp-1","title":"The Smiths: The Smiths (180g) Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'm actually glad I didn't get into the Smiths until I was like 22\u003c\/i\u003e. Let's face it, if my gothy neighbor or whatever gave me their first album on tape in 9th grade I would have skipped around campus with a hearing aid in my ear and molting gladiolas dangling out of my JNCOs and carved \"These Things Take Time\" lyrics into my forearm. At that age I would prefer dorky to dramatic. I would totally not have gotten the fact that half the time \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/collections\/vinyl-cds-date?_=pf\u0026amp;pf_v_artist_band=The%20Smiths\u0026amp;pf_v_artist_band=Morrissey\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMorrissey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e's maudlin navel-gazing is played up for type and drama points. And what fucking navel-gazing! \"I never had a job because I'm... TOO SHY\"!! Like \u003cstrong\u003ePhil Spector\u003c\/strong\u003e girl groups, \u003cstrong\u003eElvis Costello\u003c\/strong\u003e, or even \u003cstrong\u003eKraftwerk\u003c\/strong\u003e for that matter the fact that you can couch such anger, loneliness and humor in the rhetoric of pop music and not sound like a complete clown-dong is amazing. \"She wants it now and she will not wait, but she's too rough and I'M... TOO DELICATE\" I mean COME ON it should be mandatory that kids can't listen to lyrics this entrenched in moping and self-pity until they've at least developed the acumen to separate self-satire from emotional truth. I would argue that Moz didn't really 100% have his voice on this album -- like he's pushing his character too aggressively. Plus the drums here are the most dated \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/collections\/vinyl-cds-date?_=pf\u0026amp;pf_v_artist_band=The%20Smiths\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Smiths\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e will ever sound. But who cares, what about the fact that the lyrics to \"I Don't Owe You Anything\" LITERALLY MADE \u003cstrong\u003eMIKE JOYCE\u003c\/strong\u003e WEEP WHILE PLAYING IT LIVE or the fact that Marr was 20 when he wrote \"What Difference Does It Make\"? Forest \u0026gt; trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edebut studio album from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=article%2Cpage%2Cproduct\u0026amp;q=The+Smiths\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Smiths\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e180g black vinyl pressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted inner sleeve\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eoriginal release year: 1984\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: Warner Records 2012\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by the Woodman 08\/2009\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"The Smiths","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":40253775052890,"sku":"lp-13845","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/products\/thesmiths-blackvinyl-1.jpg?v=1762283878","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/products\/the-smiths-the-smiths-180g-vinyl-lp-1","provider":"turntablelab.sbs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}